Acute muscle strain injuries: A proposed new classification system

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2356-2362

  Chan, Otto ^a   Del Buono, Angelo ^b   Best, Thomas M ^c   Maffulli, Nicola ^d  

^a London Independent Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^c THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classification; Imaging; Injury; Muscle; Terminology

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; BLEEDING; CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EDEMA; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INJURY; NOMENCLATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ACUTE DISEASE; EDEMA; HEMATOMA; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SPRAINS AND STRAINS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84867867942     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-012-2118-z     Document Type: Review

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